Guide to Weld County’s House District 48 candidates

This year, Weld County residents in House District 48 will choose between a constitutional conservative and a progressive.

Steve Humphrey, R-Severance, is running for reelection. Annie King hopes to become the first Democrat to represent the district.

The district includes Severance, Ault, Pierce, Eaton, Milliken, Johnstown, Lucerne, La Salle, Gilcrest, Platteville and some of Greeley.

Annie King

“Farmers should reap as many benefits for installing solar and wind property as they do for oil and gas.

— Annie King, Democratic challenger for House District 48

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She said she would work to ensure Colorado continues to provide safe health care for women.

"I don't want us following the path of other states that have put onerous legislation on Planned Parenthood clinics," King said.

She also hopes to address underserved areas in the county, like Ault and Pierce. The goal, she said, would be to establish family practice clinics in those areas. She said she supports universal health care's ideology, but will not support Amendment 69.

» Education: She wants to provide more revenue for schools.

» Energy: She wants to cut back subsides to the petroleum industry.

"Farmers should reap as many benefits for installing solar and wind property as they do for oil and gas," King said.

Why vote for her?

King said she would make a point of being out in the community and in touch with her constituents — something she's criticized Humphrey for not taking seriously.

"I think the people of Weld County deserve someone who will actually represent them," King said.

She also appealed to millennial voters who supported Bernie Sanders for president.

"Government starts from the bottom, not from the top down," King said. "Keep forging ahead with our progressive movement."

Steve Humphrey

He said he's running as a constitutional conservative who's pro job, pro state and will protect oil and gas jobs.

» Local government: Humphrey believes in maintaining local control of Colorado. On his website, Humphrey wrote, "the Ninth and Tenth Amendments are a check by the States and the People against a runaway federal government. Colorado should stand up to federal overreaches, and Weld County knows how to manage it's resources better than bureaucrats in Washington or Denver."

Along with local control, he wants to work to keep taxes low.

"I think we have some important issues facing us," Humphrey said. "The expansion of I-25, it places a huge tax burden on our constituents."

He also plans to oppose Amendment 69.

» Oil and gas: Humphrey voted against House Bill 1430, which called for oil and gas companies to provide more information and against HB 1269, which called for an amendment of Colorado's oil and gas conservation commission procedures.

"Oil and gas are the life blood for Weld County's economic workforce," Humphrey wrote on his website.

Why vote for him?

Humphrey said if he's re-elected, he wants to continue what he's been doing in Denver — protecting his constituents' financial welfare, constituents' personal freedoms and businesses' welfare.